Cauterizing apparatus



.(No Model.)

F. M. STQO. ROY. GAUTBRIZING APPARATUS.

Patented Mar. 11, 1890..

BY I

l ATTORNEYS n. PErERs. Fhoto-Lilhagmphor, wuhln mn. DC.

UNITED STATES union.

PATENT CAUTERIZING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,393, dated March11, 1890.

Application filed January 9, 1890. $erial No. 336,387. (No model.)

T0 60% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FERNAND M. ST. OMER ROY, a citizen of the Republicof France, residing at Flushing, in the county of Queens and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in OauterizingApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cauterizing apparatus in which a suitablehollow cauterizing iron or tip is heated to the temperature required forcauterizing by means of the combustion of carbureted air or similarfuel; and it consists in certain new features and combinationshereinafter described in this specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part thereof, being an elevation, partlyin section, of an apparatus embodying my invention.

In the drawing, the letter A designates an elastic bulb provided at itsends with valves B 0, whose seats are formed in plugs D D, arranged inthe ends of the bulb. Air-passages E E are made through the plugs topermit air to be introduced into the bulb and to be forced thencethrough the passage E into a chamber F, whose lower end is connectedwith the upper end of the bulb. The chamber F incloses an inner vesselG, whose upper end is closed by a head H, which also closes the upperend of chamber F. The lower end of the inner vessel G is perforated toreceive a pipe I, which extends upward through said vessel nearly to itstop. Both ends of the pipe I are open.

The head H is perforated throughout its length, and in its lower end isfitted the upper end of pipe K, which extends downward in the vessel Gnearly to the middle of the vessel, and is surrounded by a tubularcasing L, whose sides have numerous perforations through them. Thecasing L and pipe K are both open at their ends.

The head H is provided with a stopcock M, located above the upper end ofthe pipe K, and above the stop-cock the head is secured in one end of aflexible tube N, whose other end is provided with a cauterizingtip 0.

The vessel G is charged with hydrocarbon, in either a semi-solid,liquid,or gaseous form,

through its upper end, the head H being unscrewed from it for thatpurpose, or in any convenient manner. WVhen the hydrocarbon is employedin a liquid form, the vessel G is filled with sponge P or other porousand absorbent material. The hydrocarbon liquid is absorbed by thesponge.

The outer vessel or chamber F and the inner vessel G are by preferencemade of hard rubber 5 but they may be made of sheet metal or any othersuitable material.

Air having been introduced into the elastic bulb, the air is forcedthence into the space Q in the outer chamber, and from thence passesthrough pipe I into the carburetingvessel G, where it comes in contactwith the hydrocarbon and becomes carbureted, and is thence conductedthrough the tubular casing L into the pipe K, and, if the stop-cockM isopen, through the flexible tube N to the metallic tip 0, where it isconsumed, and the tip thereby heated to the temperature required forcauterization. lVhen the cock is closed, the escape of the hydrocarbonvapors from the vessel G is effectually prevented, and the apparatus canbe carried in the pocket without danger of losing or spilling anyportion of its contents, and when the apparatus is set in operation thesupply of carbureted air to the cauterizingtip can be regulated by theproper manipulation of the cock, so that the temperature to which thetip is heated can be maintain ed at the required point,which is of greatimportance for the successful use of the cauterizing apparatus.

hat I claim. as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Incauterizing apparatus, the carbureting-vessel G, inclosed in anair-chamber into which the air to be carbureted is forced, incombination with a pipe leading from the airchamber to thecarbureting-vessel for conducting air from the former into the latter, apipe leading from the carbureting-vessel to the discharge-tube forconducting the car- 'bureted air out of said vessel to the saiddischarge-tube, and a metallic cauterizing-tip at the end of thedischarge-tube, substantially as shown and described.

2. The carbureting-vessel G, provided with sponge or other porousabsorbent material,

and with a pipe for conducting air from the In testimony whereof I havehereunto set vessel after it is carburetecl t0 the dischargemy hand inthe presence of two subscribing tube, in combination With an inclosingair- Witnesses.

chamber and apparatus for forcing a supply of FERNAND M. ST. OMER ROY. 5air into said air-chamber, and then ce through itnesses:

the carbureting-Vessel t0 the cauterizing-tip, J. VAN SANTVOORD,

substantially as shown and described. E. F. KASTENHUBER.

